Daily Republican., 1887-12-07

e'"s H'o"s ~ imsei Ia Favor o
Free Trade.
The President's message presen tad ,,
ConRress yesterday Is emarkabl,
document, ss tbs following extract,
will show:
To the Congress or tbs U nited s,ats,.
You arc confronted at the threshold o
your legislative q nties With q condition
OF the national d nances which impera
uveiy demands Immediate and careiu
consideration.
me amouat OF mouey annually ex
scted through the operation Of present
laws from tEe Industries and necesst.
Ties OF the people largely exceeds thu
SUM necessary TO meet the expenses oil
the government
When we consider that the tbeorv
OF our institutions guarantees to every
ciizen the full enjoyment Of all the
fruits OF his Industry and enterprise.
Win cCly such deduction as IN sy be
his snare towards the careful and eco.
nomicai mainten ance OF the govern.
ment which protects him, It Is plain
that the exaciion pr more than this is
lndefensible txtortlon, aud . culpable
betrayal OF Amer c.n fairness and les
tioe. This wrong Inflicted upon those
who bear the burden O; national taxa
tion, like other wrongs. multiplies q
brood OF evil consequence ces. The pub.
ltc Treasury, which sbonld only exist
~ conduit conveying the peoples
tribute 10 Its legitimate objects OF ex-
penditure, becomes q boarding plscs for
money netdlessly Withdrawn from
trade and ths peoples use, thus Grip
ping our natlonal energies, suspend ing
our couutry's development, preventing
Investment Ia productive enterprise,
threatening financial dirturbance, and
inviting schemes pf public plupder.
he then glvee statement OF the sur.
plus In the treasury and says:
There seems to be no ASSURANCE that
with tuch q withdra wal from us0 Of the
peoples Circulating medium our bus!-
ness community may not In the near
future te subjectsd TO the same distress
which WAS quite lately prod uced from
the same cause. And while the func.
tions Of our national treasury should te
few and simple, and while its best con
ditioD would bs reached, believe, by
tts entire disconnectio1 with private
business interests, yet whom, by per
version OF Its purposes, 1t idly holds
money uselefsly sobnacted from the
channels OF trade, there seems to be
reason for the claim that come legiti.
mate m cans should be devised by the
govern naEt TO restore in an emergency,
without waste or extravagance. such
money TO its place smoug the people.
After reviewing tho various means
that have bsen sRggested for decreas.
ing the surplus he proceeds:
Oar scheme OF taxation, by means OF
which this needless surplus is taken
from the peopls sud pus iuto the public
treasury, consists of o tariff or duty
levied upon inuortatloBs from abroad
and internal revence taxes levied upon
| the coEsum ption OF tobacco and spiTitu.
oCs aud malt liquors. IL must be COO
ceded that none Of the things subjected
10 internal revenue taxes are. strictly
speaking, necess krios; there appears TO
be no just complaint OF tils taxation by
the consumers of thepe articles, aud
there seems to he nothing 80 well able
to bear the burden Without hardship 10
any portion OF thb people.
But our prese n, taria laws. the vi.
cious, intquiiable aad iilogics! source
OF unneceasary taxaL!on, ought to be at
aa their primary and plain effect, raise
the price to copsnmers OF oil articles
i'm por .ed and shbjact TO duty by pre-
| cisely the sum paid for euch duties.
Thus the amount OF the duty measures
the tax paid by those who purchase for
use these imported articles. Many oi
thsso things. however, sre raised or
man urac.ured In our own country, and
| a I'D n fnFaiDn
goods and products are called protec
Iicn to these hpms manufactures, be-
cause they render 1t possiole for those
OF our people who are manufacturers tc
make these taxed articles and sell them
fer o price equa TO that demanded foi
the i'm Dor TED goods that have paid Gus
toms duty. 81 1t happens that while
comparatively few use the imported
artic!es, millions Of our people, We
never us3 and never eaw any OF th'
foreign products, puroha and os'
lth,pRs of the 1hme kind nade In thi
country, and ray therefore nearly o
louiie the same enhanced price which
the duty AIDA 10 the imported articles
tits not proposed to entirely reliev
the country OF this taxation. Ii mue
he exteGeively continued ss the sourc
read iuslment of cur tsIit tbs interest
of American labor engaged In mahu
faeiurs ehould hc carefnlly conGideied
as well SO the preaer7a'ion ci our manu-
lfaoturors 1t may bs c<hd protection
or by ans Other naIae,. but rene, ifol
the hardships and dangers OF Gu
lpresent tariff avs should % devise
with especial preGsutioa against ,n
- f-f
turing interests. a..
It Is also said that the lncreaGe III u
prIcs Of domestic maGufactuces resni'
Ing from the present tarln 10 necessAi ! :
) in order that higher wages may os pa.
TO our worklrgme omp'oyea 10 man,
factories, than ara paid i)r "hat u csi
cd the pauper abot in Eators All WI
acknowledge the fo:co OF an ssgumei
which Involve tbs welfare ana ilpei'
com psnsA ,ion Of cur laooEing peopi
lOur labor Is honorable in the eyes
every American citizsi; ana rs " l,'
at the foundation OF cur aevelop%e.
9 and progress, 1t is entitled wi.no'
affectatton o, hypocrisy. 10 tne utno
regard. The standard OF cur isDo.ei
life should not be measured Dy Snss
any other country !eas favored anu vi.
6re eltttltu 10 tLS iN'
q all our advantages. :.
BY the last ceneus II ~ mauo " 80 -
near that of the 10. 592 es9 OF our pop
i,tion an gagged in all kinds OF tndu
!. tries ? $40 4g3 are Employed ia agricu
NC @ O74 2ss In PROFESSION AMI pc
sons, @ services { 934 $40 o; whom O.
Somcs,io serynuts and labortre), Will
1,8lO,2s6 are employee 90 ,,aora ~ uacT o,ass,
transportation, ahd . ooI ,t,n -. anH o,"1r 60
as employed In mannioc'ut'Ns
mining Loxo, +,
,sat rnnher ptysn should be conei
arahIy reduced, without attempui
% sn,me,str all. It will be eonced'